Grace to Give

So, how did I feel after the giveaway ended? (see last months post) Like a failure. As if I was working to create something but no one was interested in it; thereby causing me to question whether or not I should be doing what I thought was a good thing. That since the giveaway wasn’t as successful as I hoped, what would happen when I tried something new? Would I get the same results of not many participants?

I only allowed myself a short while to stay in that defeated posture. Then I talked with God about my feelings and asked for His thoughts as to what really happened. He allowed me to see that the route I took in order to be a blessing (the giveaway) was not the route that I generally take when I want to sow into someone. That there is nothing wrong with hosting a giveaway, however, some things were not in the proper order in my life at the time.

A few months prior, I had taken on a project that required me to operate on a stricter budget. However, July was approaching and I wanted to host a giveaway the same as I had done the year before. Even though the budget was fixed and it did not include the giveaway, I offered two winning prizes along with adding two additional giveaways on other platforms in the process. Needless to say, the giveaways were a bust on each platform.

So, when God showed me that even though I had been trying to make each giveaway a success, had that happened, I would have been in an even bigger situation. Remember, I said the budget was already fixed -usually months in advance. Even though the giveaways didn’t go the way that I planned, I was still able to be a blessing to the winners and I was able to stay within the “wiggle room” money that I’d built into the budget.

Although I was doing a good thing that didn’t work out, God had given me the Grace to Give at the completion of the giveaways.